Prologue

High school experience varied from people to people. To some it would be filled with memorable moments and good friends. Something you would hold dear for the rest of your life. While to others, calling it a hell on earth would be an understatement. A period of time some people would rather bury under time to never see the light of day ever again.

For Nami and her small group of friends, it was the latter.

While they were in no way stupid or bad looking, it was hard to see or even notice that when almost everyone else in their school was just much smarter, good looking, and definitely richer. The group was basically always at the bottom of the social structure. And the reason behind that was simple. They simply didn't belong there.

The school they had enrolled in, Granite Bay High School, was known to be the best of the best. They were supposed to be out of the reach of regular people like Nami and her friends. But they were so unlucky that they barely passed the entrance test.

In addition,they didn't enroll in that school out of their own volition. It was because of their parents' wish. The reason of respective parents may differ, but they all wanted their children to enroll there. For Nami's case specifically, it was because her parents thought she had the potential to be great. They thought that all she needed was just a push in the right way to unlock that potential. She tried arguing with them, but they persisted.

With things out of her control, Nami tried looking at the bright side. When she graduated, she would do so from a very famous school. It would be easier for her to apply for famous universities. But from the very first day, she already had her hope crushed by her classmates. Their mockery hurt her so bad to the point that she considered killing herself. But that thought vanished when she realized there were others like her. It didn't make the situation any better, but it helped keeping her spirit up.

The group consisted of: Lucas, probably the strongest among them all and also the natural leader of the group. Kiara, a video game fanatic who almost became an esport player if not for her parents interference. James, the smartest among them but still had different social status with the others. Liam, a shy guy who wanted to become a  writer. And lastly, there was Nami herself.

When the whole world felt like it was against them, they had each others' back.

For a whole year, Nami and her friends had to endure mockery and pranks thrown at them. Being thrown a bucket of water in the toilet. Shoved into trash cans. Nothing that would really hurt them physically, but it really humiliated them. Turning to the teacher for help was pointless too, as they didn't seem to care about anything bad done to the group.

Until one day, just as the second semester started, something happened to them that would change their life forever...

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